asiksiw

Senhaja de Srair

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either inherited from Proto-Berber or, alternatively, formed independently. Compare Tarifit icekʷcew, icewcew and Kabyle ičewčew. Ultimately onomatopoeic, imitative of a chick’s chirp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /asiksiw/

Noun

asiksiw m (plural isiksiwen, Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵙⵉⴽⵙⵉⵡ) (Hmed, Taghzut)

  1. chick, young chicken
    Synonyms: afellus (Seddat, Zerqet), afallat (Zerqet), aferruj (Bunsar), abeǧǧiw (Ketama)

Declension

Inflection of asiksiw
singular plural
free state asiksiw isiksiwen
annexed state usiksiw isiksiwen

References

  • Gutova, Evgeniya; Byler, Jonathan (2025), “Senhaja de Srair - English Dictionary”, in Webonary‎[1], retrieved 2025
  • Gutova, Evgeniya (2021) Senhaja Berber Varieties: Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax (Thesis)‎[2], Paris, France: HAL
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